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J. U. 'KELTON.

. PISTOL HANDLE. NO. 297,412. Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

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UNITE TA'IFS Parana rricnm JOHN C. KELTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

PISTOL HANDLE.

$PECIFICATI ON forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,412, dated April 22, 1884. Application filed August 31, 1883. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. KELTON, of

the city and county of San Francisco, State of 10 hand, a means for extending the thumb along the handle in prolongation of the forearm, to produce a more rapid and correct alignment of the barrel on the object, and arecess to receive the little finger to steady the pistol and r5 prevent the muzzle from dropping too low when the pistol is projected at the object to be fired at.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my inven- Fig. 2 is a rear view. I

Owing to the unsteady support the hand ii grasping the handle gives to a pistol, shooting with this weapon should be according to the snap method that is, the eye should not be taken from the object to align the pistol, and no attempt should be made to look along the barrel. The best results are obtained when there is hardly a perceptible pause between quickly projecting the pistol and firing, the

movement being similar to that in delivering a blow with the foil. In order to do this, and to give'the greatest accuracy to the pistol projectile and limit to the utmost its lateral deviation, it is necessary that the thumb be extended along the stock and in line with the forearm. This cannot be done with the revolver-pistols as ordinarily constructed. I

therefore form my pistol-handle in two (2) 40 parts, the part A, to the right of the backstrap, being curved to fit the hand, as shown in Fig. 2, and having nearly all the wood in it, and having a groove or depression, B, into which the ball of the thumb will fit. This 5 brings the axis of the stock slightly out of the tel from dropping too much when projected in the act of firing. The comb D of the hammer is depressed nearly seventy degrees, so that when down it is about parallel with the bar rel, and it is also broadened and bent about fifteen degrees to the left, so as not to interfere with the thumb when extended. It is also canted slightly to the right, so that the thumb may rest fiat upon it in the act of cocking.

The trigger E is made broad and straight, and is inclined to the rear, so that it will be perpendicular to the force applied in pulling it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The improvement in pistol-handles, consisting of a stock attached to the backstrap, i

and formed with a curve upon one side to fit the hand, and made thicker at its curved side than at its opposite side, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a pistol-handle, the stock enlarged upon one side and curved to lit the hand, and

1 provided with the groove 13, formed in its upper part at one side of the back-strap, and having the recess 0 in its lower end to receive the little finger of the operators hand, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. In a pistol-handle, the stock having the enlarged side portion, A, curved to fit the hand, and provided with the groove B in its upper end to receive the thumb of the oper ators hand, and also with the recess 0 in its lower end to receive the operators little fin ger, in combination with the broad flat trigger E, inclined backward at right angles to the line of applied force, substantially as de scribed, and for the purpose specified.

4. In a pistol, the handle having the eularged side portion, thumbgroove B, and fin ger-recess C, as shown, in combination with a hammer having the comb depressed, bent to the left, broadened, and canted to the right, substantially as herein shown and described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

JOHN C. KELTON.

lVitnesses:

ALFRED PANSHO, CHARLES Mrrrnnnnnonn. 

